Tag Archives: Lao Banzhang Puerh
Pu erh’s Needed Basics
Mystification in Puerh’s world comes from some of its legitimate claims, but it also comes from regurgitated misinformation, marketing, and the intensely pretentious. Mystification, though, can also serve to hide or manipulate knowledge and create hype, and it is at this, that this little bit of writing is directed. Continue reading
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Lao Ban Zhang Pu erh – A Tea of Endurance
Few teas that sit in my collection of leaves have ever not made a journey with me, accompanying me as a stimulant companion, ally, and vegetal mate. It is a kind of rite of passage to be taken, prepared, … Continue reading
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Tagged China Tea, hani, Jeff Fuchs, Lao Ban Zhang, Lao Banzhang, Lao Banzhang Pu erh, Lao Banzhang Puerh, Pu'erh, puer, Puerh tea, Yunnan tea
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